. The Street railway journal . Jr.;first vice-president and general manager, Morton E. Davis; secondvice-president, James M. Wilson; treasurer, Charles H. Wilson; secre-tary, Louis A. Chandler. FIG. 1.—RESERVOIR—AUTOMATIC OILING SYSTEM. inches above the bottom, to prevent the entrance of any foreign sub-stance into the main feed line; when the gauge indicates the presence An Improved Rail Bond. We illustrate in the engraving herewith a bond which is intended tocarry the same amount of current as triple lacing with channel the same time it is claimed to require less labor and be more re
. The Street railway journal . Jr.;first vice-president and general manager, Morton E. Davis; secondvice-president, James M. Wilson; treasurer, Charles H. Wilson; secre-tary, Louis A. Chandler. FIG. 1.—RESERVOIR—AUTOMATIC OILING SYSTEM. inches above the bottom, to prevent the entrance of any foreign sub-stance into the main feed line; when the gauge indicates the presence An Improved Rail Bond. We illustrate in the engraving herewith a bond which is intended tocarry the same amount of current as triple lacing with channel the same time it is claimed to require less labor and be more relia-ble in its results. It is made out of soft copper rod of the same diam-eter as the hole in the rail, and is bent and slotted at each end. Afterbeing inserted in the rail a hardened steel wedge, somewhat largerthan the slot, is driven into the bond at the bend. It is forced in suffi-ciently lar so that the soft copper can be closed over it, preventing thewedge from slipping out. The action of the wedge is to spread the. IMPROVED RAIL BOND. bond over the edge of the hole in the rail, and to force apart the splitends as well. As shown in the cut, the web of the rail has been distorted so thatthe work which the wedge does can be more clearly seen. In this waythe bond is practically riveted, and a perfect and permanent contact,unaffected by any vibration of the rail, is obtained. The bond canalso be made of No. 0000 wire, effecting the same purpose as doublelacing. The bond is manufactured by the Technic Electrical Worksof Philadelphia. The work of bonding, as stated above, can be done very rapidly,and only a hammer and a cold chisel to open the slot at the bend arenecessary. August, 1894.] THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL 525 New Type of Switchboard. The General Electric Company has recently brought out a newtype of panel switchboard, shown herewith, for which a number ofspecial advantages are claimed. Briefly, the system of the switchboard construction, while becom-ing greatly s
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